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re: Amendments just added to Protect College Sports Act may have just blown up the ACC
Posted on 8/7/26 at 6:56 pm to armytiger96
Posted on 8/7/26 at 6:56 pm to armytiger96
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At least this is my understanding. I'm not an attorney but would be curious on how this would work in reality once the law is passed and signed by the Executive Branch.
Yes, once passed laws are laws unless they are declared unconstitutional. Judges cannot simply say, "I don't like this law and so I overturn it." They must be able to state how it violates some constitutional statute or protected right. Some judges may stretch things in order to strike down a law they don't agree with, but that's what higher courts are supposed to be there to prevent or undo.
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Posted on 8/7/26 at 7:09 pm to TheTideMustRoll
And what are the odds that a law which restrains people, players and apparently now coaches, from freely moving to a new and better position survives judicial scrutiny under restraint of trade and antitrust regulations that have been in place for generations? Zero.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 8:17 pm to BreakawayZou83
Why wouldn’t teams just create a new conference and pull of the ACC, Big 12 teams they want to join it. It’s not a P4 conference so no limitations. 
Posted on 8/7/26 at 8:24 pm to Geauxgurt
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Why wouldn’t teams just create a new conference and pull of the ACC, Big 12 teams they want to join it.
FSU and Miami people told her they want out. They don't care about the rest.
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